Your statement does not apply to those who are working on grants for example and those who are looking to get grants by figuring out how to better manipulate data models.

Anybody who has been found manipulating data has damaged their reputation and their chances of getting future grants. Real science is self-correcting like that.

"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding it's way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'" - Isaac Asimov

And how did anyone involved in any alleged data manipulation fare in getting grants afterwards?

"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding it's way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'" - Isaac Asimov

"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding it's way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'" - Isaac Asimov

Federal employees Vince. Every try and fire federal employees? I've seen the process. Like taking on congress.

Science positions aren't usually secure in government. Departments are subject to budget changes and Trump proposes cuts on all scientific fronts. Thomas Karl though, who was attacked by Lamar Smith, later had his study affirmed by other scientists who used other data sets and methodology. In other words, the study passed muster when looked at from an additional angle. We have since learned more afterwards about why warming had slowed for a period and the main reason is that currents in the Pacific drew warm waters deep and basically stored it there. The ocean doesn't have unlimited capacity to do that and the general effect is a warmer ocean, thus fuel for more intense weather events.

"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding it's way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'" - Isaac Asimov

Or the backside of our flat earth has turned darker and that absorbs more heat.

"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding it's way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'" - Isaac Asimov

"Last month, President Donald Trump rescinded an Obama-era executive order that required the federal government to account for climate change and sea level rise when building infrastructure, such as highways, levees and floodwalls. Trump’s move came after lobbying from the National Association of Home Builders, which called the Obama directive “an overreaching environmental rule that needlessly hurt housing affordability.”

Yes, Trump is helping developers fleece deniers, so it's a kind of boomerang policy where those living by alt-reality will be karma-d on by having to wade home thanks to their denier in chief.

"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding it's way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'" - Isaac Asimov